The purpose of this study was to determine the developmental patterns of figurative language in elementary school children of varied socioeconomic and achievement backgrounds. Children were randomly selected from grades three through six in five elementary schools of differing socioeconomic levels. Within each school one experimental class per…

The purposes of this study were to: (1) investigate the nature and extent of specific teaching, and the grade placement of language skills in primary grades; and (2) investigate experimentally the validity, reliability, and practicality of several different methods for measuring achievement in capitalization and punctuation in Grade 2. Phase I…

An experiment in language instruction undertaken in Canadian junior high schools during the 1960-61 school year is reported in this study. The pilot project: (1) examines the phenomena of learning to comprehend and speak French through two different but direct modes of instruction; (2) compares by achievement tests the results of the two modes of…

Discusses recent studies giving conflicting answers, mostly unfavorable, to the question of whether the language laboratory is effective. Also, it is argued that children learn their native language by a process very different from foreign language learning and that research on the stages of language learning is urgently needed. (WGA)

Argues that metaphor should be given a more important place in language teaching and considers ways in which the expanded available knowledge about metaphors can be incorporated into language art curricula, through such methods as multi-text exercises. (Author/CB)

Considers the historiography of language teaching theories from the perspective of bimodality and suggests some directions research should take to empirically substantiate the usefulness of this concept for second-language acquisition in a classroom environment. (Author/CB)

A discussion of the relevance of applied linguistics to language teaching looks at recent developments in the field, the relationship of theory and practice in language teaching and learning, common perceptions of applied linguistics' relationship to language instruction, and linguistics' role in finding solutions in the classroom. (MSE)

Language pedagogy (LP) and second language acquisition are two poles of a continuum; one pole includes teaching and teachers, and the other is concerned with learning and learners. There has been contradicting views on SLA and LP's relationship, from no relevance to complete and positive relevance. In this paper, I am trying to tackle this…

Despite three decades of research on African American English (AAE), educational workshops aimed at improving the academic achievement, particularly the literacy achievement, of African American students still emphasize differences between Standard English and African American English. One result is that teachers may overlook the linguistic…

Provides a brief historical perspective on the teaching of high school composition and reviews seven ERIC documents which deal with this subject. (RB)

Special issue devoted to linguistics in teacher preparation and higher education. (VM)

Revised version of a paper presented at the Annual TESOL Convention (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 5, 1971. (DS)